Medical research
Lab vaccine shields mice against Zika virus
Antibodies drawn from a patient infected with Zika could form the basis of a vaccine against the notorious virus, a new animal study suggests.
Dec 14, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Control of emerging Ebola infections could be aided by new monitoring method
New research on the 2014 Ebola epidemic tracks the rate at which infections move from one district to another and how often infections cross the borders between countries. This study, published in PLOS Computational Biology, ...
Dec 08, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
How AIDS conquered North America: Researchers restore HIV genomes from serum samples more than 40 years old
Researchers at the University of Arizona and the University of Cambridge in the U.K. have reconstructed the origins of the AIDS pandemic in unprecedented detail.
Oct 26, 2016
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HIV & AIDS
New HIV treatment appears to have fully erased the virus from a patient's blood
A pioneering new trial offers new hope in the fight against HIV after a patient treated with a new therapy appears to have no trace of the virus in their blood. Although experts remain cautious, this novel treatment may allow ...
Oct 07, 2016
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Researchers study potential for emergence of mosquito-borne disease
With Zika virus raising concerns around the United States about the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, the transmission of these viruses has become paramount in terms of how, when and where they are spread. Researchers at ...
Oct 07, 2016
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Freaking out about Zika virus? West Nile is the real killer
West Nile virus landed in the United States in the summer of 1999, arriving in New York City possibly in the blood of a sick bird on a ship or via an infected mosquito on a plane. Soon it had afflicted people in Queens with ...
Sep 05, 2016
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CDC awards $2.4M to 5 locales to fight Zika
(HealthDay)—Four major U.S. cities and one county will share $2.4 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assist in monitoring and dealing with Zika virus-related birth defects, the agency said Friday.
Sep 02, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Scammers, bug spray companies capitalizing on Zika fears
Worried you might catch the Zika virus? Scammers and bug spray companies are counting on it.
Aug 03, 2016
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New York reports first baby born with Zika-related defect
New York City on Friday announced its first baby born with Zika-related microcephaly, a permanent brain and skull defect that authorities said the child acquired due to infection with the mosquito-borne virus.
Jul 22, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Professor genetically modifies mosquitoes in quest to protect humans
Matthew DeGennaro is determined to stop the world's deadliest animal.
Jul 20, 2016
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